What in the world is wrong with this world!?

Honestly... They are a library, they should be reinforcing proper grammar and writing skills, not how to talk like a teenie bopper on AOL.

Yikes!

Foxy

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hahaha

Quote:

PH34R M% 'L337R34D1N' 5KILL5!

lol!
thats gold.

101 in their Mother boards!

Vladdrac

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well, that is pretty funny...a library

whos_wee_dug

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Quote:

Grand Prizes include a GameBoy Advance, a CD Walkman, and a $50 gift certificate from the GameZone. One lucky teen will win a free ride in a hot air balloon

I like how all the prizes are nothing to do with reading and education too...

whos_wee_dug?

madmonk

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Quote:

I like how all the prizes are nothing to do with reading and education too...

agreed.

JrzyCrim

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I guess they assume that kids won't be interested if the prizes are books.

RichB

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They probably figure that kids who would want book-related prizes don't need to be lured into the library with gadgets and gibberish. I hope if they get them reading that they will absorb proper grammar from the books, which presumably don't contain the same nonsense as the webpage.

It did make me wince to see that on a library page though.

joebert

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Agreed with RichB, you have to use the right bait

whos_wee_dug

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RichB wrote:

They probably figure that kids who would want book-related prizes don't need to be lured into the library with gadgets and gibberish. I hope if they get them reading that they will absorb proper grammar from the books, which presumably don't contain the same nonsense as the webpage.

It did make me wince to see that on a library page though.

Yeah, thats a fair point Rich, that website is great (in a bad way) though!

Miss_Bee

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3+ Months Ago

Hmmm I wonder if my teenage cousins have been looking at this site. I have to yell at them to talk english.
It pisses me off....God even the guy I'm "seeing" says words like "thats bulk awesome", "I'm so stinging for that set, hey" and he's 24!!!!!!

How can you possibly read that!!?? I never knew what it meant if they had not "translated" it. I hardly understand "normal" english

Smokenjoe

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3+ Months Ago

lol. Thats pretty sad that a library is doing that. They must really want to get teens to come into the library. So very sad.

Miss_Bee

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Hahaha I just dumped my loser guy!!

blizzy

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Miss_Bee wrote:

Hahaha I just dumped my loser guy!!

\/\/4% T0 90, |\/|155 |3 33, 7O7

//with this 1337 skillz, i will sure win the 1st prize.

Vladdrac

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3+ Months Ago

68.148.48.240

//no it is not mine

////oops sorry, thought this was the paste what you copied last section...lol

LAbrego

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3+ Months Ago

strike one and you are out Vladdrac? rofl

whos_wee_dug

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Vladdrac wrote:

68.148.48.240

//no it is not mine

Shaw Communications Inc. in Calgary Vladdrac? I'm too nosy...

whos_wee_dug?

sly1340

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the guy who made that was probabley looking over his daughters shoulder while she IMed her friends. Then he said, what a great way to get more kids into the library. Honestly ppl just write like that when they want to be funny or confuse newer users. Noone does that in real life.